2026
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News & Notes 263
News & Notes highlights the breadth of activity across the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, from new museum exhibitions and fieldwork updates to faculty research and educational… Learn More
Discover our groundbreaking research on the ancient world.
2026
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News & Notes 262
News & Notes highlights the breadth of activity across the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, from new museum exhibitions and fieldwork updates to faculty research and educational… Learn More
2026
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Late Antique and Medieval Islamic Near East 7
This volume examines forms of economic production in the late antique and medieval Islamic Near East that qualify as “industrial” in some sense—in particular because of their scale, the involvement… Learn More
2026
Editor(s): Thomas E. Burman, Nuria de Castilla, Seonyoung Kim, Sergio La Porta, Jeremy Pearson, Alison M. Vacca.
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Late Antique and Medieval Islamic Near East 6
This book offers the first comprehensive edition and translation of all surviving versions—Latin, Armenian, Arabic, and Aljamiado—of the polemical correspondence attributed to the Byzantine emperor… Learn More
2026
Author(s): Oğuz Soysal, Mine Çifçi.
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Chicago Hittite Dictionary Supplements 6
This volume continues the systematic edition of the unpublished Bo-texts deposited in the Museum of Ancient Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. As in previous volumes, the tablet fragments are… Learn More
2026
Editor(s): Marc Maillot.
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ISAC Museum Publications 4
Published in conjunction with A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia, a special exhibition of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at the University of Chicago, this sumptuously illustrated volume… Learn More
2026
Author(s): Abbas Alizadeh.
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ISAC Museum Publications 3
Discover the splendor of ancient Iran through a stunning selection of artifacts from the Robert and Deborah Aliber Persian Gallery at the University of Chicago’s Institute for the Study of Ancient… Learn More
2026
Author(s): Abbas Alizadeh.
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ISAC Publications 2
During two seasons in 2004–2006, the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures excavated three major prehistoric population centers in northern Susiana, in the modern-day province of Khuzestan,… Learn More
2026
Editor(s): Kate Ayres; Designer(s): Josh Tulisiak.
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Miscellaneous Publications
This children’s activity book was created for the ISAC Museum special exhibition A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia (April 16, 2026–August 16, 2026). Let Zaraafa the giraffe accompany you in Nubia, a region… Learn More
2025
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Annual Report 2024–2025
The Annual Report of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago provides a comprehensive overview of the Institute’s activities over the past year. It highlights… Learn More
2025
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News & Notes 261
News & Notes highlights the breadth of activity across the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, from new museum exhibitions and fieldwork updates to faculty research and educational… Learn More
2025
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News & Notes 260
News & Notes highlights the breadth of activity across the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, from new museum exhibitions and fieldwork updates to faculty research and educational… Learn More
2025
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News & Notes 259
News & Notes highlights the breadth of activity across the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, from new museum exhibitions and fieldwork updates to faculty research and educational… Learn More
2025
Editor(s): Aleksandra Hallmann.
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ISAC Seminars 15
Clothes are often considered mundane, yet they play a crucial role in people’s lives beyond mere bodily protection. The meaning of a piece of clothing changes the moment it is worn, as it becomes… Learn More
2025
Editor(s): Petra Goedegebuure, Joost Hazenbos.
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Studies in Ancient Cultures 5
This volume honors Theo van den Hout, the Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor Emeritus of Hittite and Anatolian Languages at the University of Chicago’s Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures… Learn More
2025
Author(s): Oğuz Soysal, İsmet Aykut.
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Chicago Hittite Dictionary Supplements 5
This volume continues the systematic edition of the unpublished Bo-texts deposited in the Museum of Ancient Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. As in previous volumes, the text fragments are presented… Learn More
2025
Editor(s): Katia Cytryn, Kristoffer Damgaard, Donald Whitcomb.
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Studies in Ancient Cultures 4
Insights into Islamic Archaeology and Material Culture explores the evolution of this dynamic field, highlighting new methodologies, interdisciplinary approaches, and shifting paradigms. Stemming… Learn More
2025
Author(s): Marc Maillot; Designer(s): Josh Tulisiak.
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Miscellaneous Publications
This children's activity book tells the story of a nineteenth-century photographer assigned to archaeological missions. Learn More
2025
Author(s): Kiersten Neumann.
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Miscellaneous Publications
Uncover the art of the ancient world through 25 hand-drawn illustrations based on carved ivories from Megiddo, a powerful city in the Late Bronze Age. These ivories—once part of furniture, boxes, and… Learn More
2024
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Annual Report 2023–2024
The Annual Report of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago provides a comprehensive overview of the Institute’s activities over the past year. It highlights… Learn More